Ivory was glad her interruption had been enough to guide the conversation away from the previous topic. It seemed Geralt wasn't all too pleased with it, but the dhampir didn't care. She didn't want things to go his way. She grabbed the deck, giving it a few shuffles of her own before she began to deal cards to everyone at a quickened pace, as to shorten the amount of time it took, before they began their game. The beginning of it was not as intense, because there were a lot of cards available to them. Without her fox ears exposed, Akane was a lot better about not making any particularly outing expressions, though Ivory could see the occasional twitch of her tails from the edges of her dress. 

[color=rosybrown]"Geralt, I heard a rumor from the carnies that you've been doing magic for a [i]really[/i] long time, is that true?"[/color] She asked with a small tilt of her head, curiosity shining in her eyes. He was a complete mystery to them all, so she couldn't help but want to know. 


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Lucien let out a small laugh, knowing that something like that was entirely possible if it was Ivory, hopefully things would not go that far though. 

[color=burlywood]"Thank you."[/color] He called out to Illy as she took her leave, before he moved toward his desk and took a seat to wait for the dhampir to arrive. He honestly hoped things would work out. If they managed to put something together, he was sure that it would actually turn out to be a great performance. While Ivory hadn't had much experience when it came to circus things when she had first came here, it had been clear that she was willing enough to learn, and she actually had very good creativity despite the circumstances she had grown up in. Putting aside this idea of his, there [i]were[/i] some things he wanted to address with her in terms of her interactions with Geralt going forward.